Bishop resigns in protest
Anglican Journal
October 1, 2002
Geneva Lutheran Bishop Margot Kaessmann of Germany, one of the most prominent women in the World Council of Churches, has resigned from the ecumenical body?s
Geneva Lutheran Bishop Margot Kaessmann of Germany, one of the most prominent women in the World Council of Churches, has resigned from the ecumenical body?s
Although it may seem that General Synod 2001 was just yesterday, planning for General Synod 2004 has started, said General Secretary Jim Boyles. The General
Sydney (ENI)?The Roman Catholic Church in Australia has been thrown into crisis following sexual assault allegations against the country?s most powerful and controversial religious leader,
Dear editor, Having read several times over the last month the letter from your Prague correspondent (Anglicans incognito, June 2002), I cannot dispel my initial
Geneva In an emotional annual meeting Aug. 26 to Sept. 3, the World Council of Churches? central committee contended with differing view of ecumenical worship
Raymond Schultz, 62, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), was released from hospital in early September and allowed to resume limited
New York Americans who donate money to both religious and secular causes are more generous than those who give money only to secular institutions, a
Canadian interest in the appointment of Archbishop Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury is vested in his role as titular head of the Anglican Communion,
New York Continuing violence in the U.S.-led war on terrorism is denigrating the memory of the victims of Sept. 11, says a New York-based bishop
At a June synod, the diocese of British Columbia renewed its companionship covenant with the Church of the Province of Myanmar (formerly Burma), and received
London The first treaty between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria?s history was signed this summer in the northern province of Kaduna. About 2,000 religious leaders,
Nairobi Bishop Benjamin Nzimbi, who was consecrated as the new head of the Anglican church in Kenya in September, is socially conservative and known to
Ottawa Two prominent Anglicans were honored by being named to the Order of Canada, the nation?s highest honor this summer. Retired Anglican bishop John R.
The newly formed board of directors of the Anglican Journal Corporation has elected Rev. Robert Towler of Huron president. A priest from Kitchener, Ont., Mr.
Moscow An unfinished Russian Orthodox church in the Ural town of Miass appears to have escaped being auctioned off to meet the debts of the
At Holy Trinity Church in downtown Toronto, Ian Sowton, 73, helps 4- and 5-year-olds hunker down at a table with scissors and glue as they
Swift Current, Sask.The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) elected its first woman bishop at its Saskatchewan synod in July. Rev. Cynthia G. Halmarson, 47,
Canon John Erb, director of the Anglican Foundation, was among a group honoured last May by the Newman Centre at the University of Toronto as
Vancouver Seven parishes have withdrawn financial support from the diocese of New Westminster in the aftermath of its decision this summer to allow the blessing
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